Job Title: Panel Adviser - Fostering and Permanence ServiceLocation: DudleyHours: Full time (37 hours per week) At Dudley MBC we''re recruiting for a manager to join our dynamic Fostering Service as Panel Adviser and to provide a lead for some of our permanence work.Dudley Fostering Service is dedicated to recruiting and assessing the very best Carers to provide a warm and loving home for our children in care, both mainstream and connected/kinship. We are also committed to delivering high quality support and supervision to our Foster Carers and the children that they look after. We are based at Cable Plaza Dudley, which has the advantage of free parking, and of being co-located with the rest of children''s services.In this post you will report directly to the Service Manager for Fostering. You will also be part of a supportive management team within a restorative local authority that is committed to the training and development of its social work practitioners. The management team consists of two team managers for the support teams, one team manager for the assessment team, an adoption/permanence adviser, and the panel adviser. The managers in the fostering service work closely together and there is an expectation that teams and team managers help each other out when there are any peaks in work, which provides for a supportive and joined up service.As Panel Adviser you will not have any direct reports that you are responsible for, but there is a dedicated panel administrator.